After the FBI caught a defense contractor’s CEO making illegal campaign contributions, it sought to launch a sweeping political bribery probe involving Collins and others. Then the second Trump admini...

This weekend’s race is another example of the Trump administration’s blurred lines between the private sector and federal government.

Meredith O’Rourke, nicknamed ‘princess of darkness,’ carries out the president’s desire to wring hundreds of millions from companies for his projects.

The president and his allies have built a network of groups financed by wealthy donors and businesses that is advancing his priorities with little public disclosure.

Accepting tickets to the Kennedy Center honors gala compromised the commissioners’ impartiality, ethics experts told ProPublica. FCC Chair Brendan Carr has been gifted at least $63,000 worth of ticket...

The payment illustrates the minefield Mr. Trump has created by maintaining personal financial ties with foreign businesses while he is in office.

A federal judge says President Donald Trump’s lawsuit against the IRS over his leaked tax returns was filed for an “improper purpose” as she referred one of his attorneys for possible disciplinary act...

Its latest decision to strike down campaign finance limits underscores the need for Congress to pass popular anticorruption reforms.

We asked five experts across the political spectrum: What would you change about the U.S. Constitution if you could?

Thomas Wolf and Samuel Breidbart: The decision in Trump v. Barbara is a rare moment of restraint in this court’s ongoing anti-democratic rampage.

Case stems from 2022 lawsuit challenging FEC’s enforcement of limits on ‘coordinated party expenditures’

Challenging the Supreme Court’s mistaken Citizens United ruling will help spur legal change and curb the influence of big money in state politics.

These stories on campaign finance and influence peddling are shaping the midterms.

These stories on campaign finance and influence peddling are shaping the midterms.

The Brennan Center considers whether relaxing certain campaign finance regulations in order to direct political money back into the official party organizations can help strengthen American democracy.

Spending by groups that do not disclose their donors has increased and become harder to trace.

The Brennan Center and Steptoe LLP filed an amicus brief urging the Supreme Court to reject the petitioners’ argument that limits on coordinated party expenditures violate the First Amendment.

Congress, not the Supreme Court, should make the rules for political party fundraising.

Congress, not the Supreme Court, should make the rules for political party fundraising.

Federal lawmakers can protect the American public by passing a new law to fully implement the Constitution’s oldest anticorruption safeguards.

Federal lawmakers can protect the American public by passing a new law to fully implement the Constitution’s oldest anticorruption safeguards.

To prevent corruption, the Constitution prohibits the president and other officials from receiving untoward benefits. Congress, however, must take action to enable enforcement.

State lawmakers can fight the influence of big money in politics by passing trigger laws that would go into effect if the Supreme Court’s misguided ruling is reversed.

State lawmakers can fight the influence of big money in politics by passing trigger laws that would go into effect if the Supreme Court’s misguided ruling is reversed.

The threat that corruption poses to democracy has never been greater, requiring bold reforms to return power to the American people.

The most comprehensive analysis to date shows the scale of political spending on the four largest digital platforms, as well as stark differences in strategy between candidates, parties, and outside g...

The latest offshoot of President Donald Trump’s family business also plans to roll out a “sleek, gold” U.S.-made smartphone.

The framers wanted to insulate the president and federal officials from corrupting influences, but a new law is needed to ensure effective enforcement.

When it comes to the general public, ‘move fast and break things’ isn’t exactly popular. But that Silicon Valley culture continues to seep into policy as tech billionaires expand their influence in Wa...

Multiple court cases challenging the Trump administrations effort to deport undocumented immigrants from the U.S. are based on habeas claims.